Paul L Wattis Foundation
EIN 841624183
Possibly inactive.
Last 990-PF filing on record is from 2023
(3 years ago). This foundation may have filed its
final return or ceased operations — verify before investing time in an application.
Total Given 2020–2023
$1.5M
41 grants · $386K avg/year
based on 4 yrs of IRS 990-PF records on file
$100K+/yr
local funder
capacity
$25K
typical mid grants · $25K–$50K
grant size
27%
balanced · 7/26 multi-year
repeat
$10.4M
Assets (2023)
26
Distinct Recipients
Focus Areas
Application Information
Accepts Unsolicited Proposals
No — Preselected Only
Phone
(415) 364-9700
Financial Trends
Giving Over Time
Total Assets Over Time
View financial data as table
| Year | Total Giving | Total Assets | Revenue | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $206K | $10.6M | $988K | 8 |
| 2021 | $555K | $11.8M | $1.1M | 17 |
| 2022 | $335K | $8.6M | $128K | 7 |
| 2023 | $449K | $10.4M | $162K | 9 |
Grant Size Distribution
Based on 41 grants on record
Minimum
$5K
25th Pctl
$25K
Median
$25K
Average
$38K
75th Pctl
$50K
Maximum
$100K
Geographic Distribution
Officers & Directors
PW
Paul L Wattis III
President, Director
Leadership
PW
Paul L Wattis Jr
Sect'y., Tres., Director
PW
Paul L Wattis III
President, Director
Leadership
PW
Paul L Wattis Jr
Sect'y., Tres., Director
PW
Paul L Wattis III
President, Director
Leadership
PW
Paul L Wattis Jr
Sect'y., Tres., Director
PW
Paul L Wattis III
President, Director
Leadership
PW
Paul L Wattis Jr
Sect'y., Tres., Director
Grants Awarded (41 total)
| Purpose | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Conservatory Theater | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | Support The Strand Theater | 2021 |
| San Francisco Jazz Organization | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | Support the SFJAZZ Immersive Media Project | 2023 |
| San Francisco Jazz Organization | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | Support the SFJAZZ Immersive Media Project | 2022 |
| University of California Regents | Berkeley, CA | $89,250 | Support the Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive purchase of Masako Miki, Ichiren-bozu, 2018 | 2023 |
| Minnesota Street Project Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $60,000 | Support Fall Exhibition of "Venus Blues" | 2023 |
| UC Berkeley Foundation | Berkeley, CA | $60,000 | Support the UC Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive Annual Fund | 2022 |
| California Pacific Medical Center Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | Support for Covid-19 Response Fund | 2020 |
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $50,000 | Support for the Exhibition: Play it Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll | 2020 |
| Dry Doc Corp | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | Support general support expenses | 2021 |
| Marin Academy | San Rafael, CA | $50,000 | Support for the Science and Innovation Center at Marin Academy | 2021 |
| Sweetwater Music Hall | Mill Valley, CA | $50,000 | Support general operations | 2021 |
| UC Berkeley Foundation | Berkeley, CA | $50,000 | Support for the UC Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive Annual Fund | 2021 |
| University of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | Support to establish the Paul L. Wattis Foundation Fund for Star Route Farms | 2021 |
| LACMA - Museum Associates | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | Support Ed Ruscha/Now Then: A Retrospective | 2023 |
| Sweetwater Music Hall | Mill Valley, CA | $50,000 | General support | 2023 |
| Grabhorn Institute | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 | Support organization's general operations | 2022 |
| Sweetwater Music Hall | Mill Valley, CA | $50,000 | General Support | 2022 |
| UC Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive | Berkeley, CA | $30,000 | Support for the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive's Annual Fund | 2020 |
| Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | Support for the Recovery Fund | 2020 |
| UC Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive | Berkeley, CA | $25,000 | Support for the "Fund-a-Need" Campaign | 2020 |
| Cal Poly Foundation | San Luis Obispo, CA | $25,000 | Support the Swanton Pacific Ranch Fire Recovery of the College of Agriculture, Food and Enviornmantal Sciences | 2021 |
| Cal Poly Foundation | San Luis Obispo, CA | $25,000 | Support for the College of Agriculture Food and Environmental Sciences Dean's Power of Doing Fund | 2021 |
| Cal Poly Foundation | San Luis Obispo, CA | $25,000 | Support to establish the Paul L. Wattis Foundation Learn by Doing Endowment | 2021 |
| Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | Support for the annual fund | 2021 |
| Pacific Legal Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $25,000 | Support for the Pacific Legal Foundation Annual Fund | 2021 |